Opening Doors

At the end of Orbit, Sammy discloses to hisher trusted adults. As heshe does this, the player helps himher break down hisher psychological barriers to disclosure.

To represent this, Sammy, the player and hisher trusted adult travel through the spaceship, finding ways to open doors and activate elevators, which have been disabled by misguided robots. As they move through the spaceship, they encounter each of Sammy’s crew members, and Sammy privately discloses to each of them.

Key concepts in this minigame

Trusted Adults

The player’s trusted adult is integral to solving the problems occurring in this mini-game. Also in this mini-game we see Sammy telling his/her trusted adults that he/she has been abused and they indicate that they will help keep him/her safe. More >>

Played in these chapters

Chapter 5: Courage

Something has gone wrong! Epsilon asks the player to urgently build some robots to fix the spaceship. Unfortunately these robots begin to sabotage the spaceship and the player begins to wonder what he/she has done wrong. Eventually, the player is cut off from the rest of the spaceship and cannot get out of the teleporter room. The player beams aboard their fifth trusted adult. Together, the player character, his/her trusted adult and Sammy navigate their way to see each of the crew members so that Sammy can tell his/her trusted adults about his/her “need to tell” situation.